Mark Emmert

Three years ago Thursday, Penn State football players gathered for the meeting some feared might begin their program's end. On July 23, 2012, the NCAA announced its historic set of sanctions that President Mark Emmert insisted would "ensure that Penn State will rebuild an athletic culture that went horribly awry." Inside the Lasch Building, the university's football facility, there was panic. "I thought it was the end of Penn State football," former defensive tackle Pete Massaro told author John U. Bacon for his book, "Fourth and Long: The Fight for the Soul of College Football." Three years later, Penn State is preparing for the 2015 season...

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